The elemental analysis of country-made & standard illicit liquor samples using X-ray fluorescence energy dispersion spectroscopy (EDX-7000). (2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Verma, Rohit Kumar; Verma, Manoj Kumar; Sankhla, Mahipal Singh; Parihar, Kapil; Singh, Gaurav Kumar; Ankita,
• Is Part Of: Materials today. Volume 48:Part 5(2022)
• Page Start: 1185
• Page End: 1193
• Publication Date: 2022
• Subjects: Alcohol -- Adulteration -- Metals -- Suspected -- Instrument; Materials science -- Congresses -- Periodicals; 620.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2021.08.237
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2214-7853

Abstract

Abstract: Alcohol intake has occurred in India for many centuries. In India, many people are dying due to the consumption of illicit liquor made under unlicensed manufacturing units. In chemistry, the term alcohol is used as a common or generic name to entitle numerous sequences of materials. These are made in India under government license and the range of the concentration of alcohol should be within 42.8%. Here go on various incidents of illicit alcohol that take place in India. Further approved distilleries, amount of small manufacture components function surreptitiously. 25 seized country-made illicit liquor samples and 20 standard illicit liquor samples were analysed to find the element in the samples by the X-ray Fluorescence Energy Dispersion Spectroscopy (EDX-7000) instrument. The resultant shows the elements that are found such as copper, calcium, silicon, sulphur, zinc, iron etc. that are present the in some percent which adulterate the alcohol. The samples were collected from the different-different sources. In this research. We are about to explain various types of impurities present in alcohol due to adulteration which may affect the health of the human body.